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Sibelius Academy’s admissions results 2026

You can also inquire about the results by e-mail at siba.admissions@uniarts.fi. Admissions results are published on 10 April, 6 May, and 27 May 2026. Each programme has announced their publication day for admissions results in the admissions guide.

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Admitted applicants and those placed on the waiting list receive an email of the admissions results on the day when the admission decision is published. Other applicants will not be notified of the results by email.

Feedback on the entrance examinations

You have the opportunity to receive feedback on your entrance examination performance. Feedback is intended to guide you to further improve your performance and help you identify areas for development.

>> More information: Feedback 2026

University admissions

Based on the applications and the results of the entrance examinations in the spring of 2026, the Dean of Sibelius Academy has decided that the following applicants are admitted as students to the Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki:

Arts Management

Arts Management, Society and Creative Entrepreneurship, 2-year programme

General selection group:

  • Abdi Saara Abdirashid – conditional acceptance
  • Carlström Alice Charlotta
  • Dorairaju Konsta Ramu
  • Hietamäki Eero Oskari
  • Kiikeri Walle Elias
  • Maier Felix
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • Nevala Titta Anneli
  • Nykvist Emmy-Lee Amanda Carolina
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • Yltävä Minka Janita Orvokki – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

  1. Tilli Alisa Emilia
  2. Lehikoinen Roosa Eveliina
  3. Fleischmannova Sylvie
  4. Moreno Rodríguez Alicia – conditional

Open University selection group:

  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Waiting list:

  1. Godden Victoria Alexandra
  2. Hakola Marika Kristiina

Cultural Study of Music selection group:

  • Koistinen Siiri Sofia

Classical Music Performance

Brass instruments (French horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass trombone, Baritone horn, or Tuba), 5.5-year programme

  • Bahovski Eerik (trumpet) – conditional acceptance
  • Crespo Navas Joel (trombone) – conditional acceptance
  • Ikonen Peppi Paprika (trumpet) – conditional acceptance
  • Ketverts Kristers (trumpet) – conditional acceptance
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • Petrov Maksim (French horn) – conditional acceptance
  • Tănase-Ene Carina (French horn) – conditional acceptance
  • Truelsen Falk William (French horn)

Brass instruments (French horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass trombone, Baritone horn, or Tuba), 2.5-year programme

  • González González Jaime (trumpet)
  • Jónsson Daníel Kári (French horn) – conditional acceptance
  • Lesur Eva Denise Marie-Claire (tuba)
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • Røhmen Ingvar (bass trombone)
  • Voros Anna (French horn) – conditional acceptance

Harp, 5.5-year programme

  • Jylhä-Ollila Viena Linnea
  • Nykänen Iida Maria Aleksandra – conditional acceptance

Harp, 2.5-year programme

  • Bartholomée Lisa Marine

Percussion, 5.5-year programme

  • Fontaine Maya

Percussion, 2.5-year programme

No new students

Woodwind instruments (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, or Saxophone), 5.5-year programme

  • Botskarjov Ivan (bassoon) – conditional acceptance
  • Chen Zhaoyou (clarinet) – conditional acceptance
  • Grasbergs Kristians (flute) – conditional acceptance
  • Lahesmaa Risto Arvo Eliel (clarinet) – conditional acceptance
  • Lankila Aino Emilia (flute) – conditional acceptance
  • Puskala Lukas Lauri Viljami (oboe)
  • Sloģe Tīna (flute) – conditional acceptance
  • Tikkinen Aku Oskari (flute)
  • Vileikis Dovydas (saxophone) – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

  1. Boch Aleksandra (clarinet) – conditional
  2. Sērdiene Paula (flute) – conditional
  3. Liinamaa Helmi Kaarina (oboe)
  4. Männik Juhan Markus (saxophone) – conditional
  5. a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Woodwind instruments (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, or Saxophone), 2.5-year programme

  • Charalampaki Eirini (clarinet) – conditional acceptance
  • Guimarães Salgado Almeida João (clarinet)
  • Martins Melo António Paulo (saxophone)
  • Peng Li-Xian (saxophone)
  • Quek Jun Rui (oboe)
  • Simanjuntak Reynard Ardian (oboe) – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

  1. López Carbonell Pablo (clarinet)
  2. Shim Inbo (saxophone) – conditional

Composition and Music Theory

Composition, 5.5-year programme

  • Batna Elizabete – conditional acceptance
  • Halminen Niilo Eemil – conditional acceptance
  • Meretoja Alma Ilona – conditional acceptance
  • Rosa Martins Daniel – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

  1. Bonnec Nils – conditional

Composition, 2.5-year programme

  • a person who does not want their name shown on the website
  • Monteath Cameron Jack
  • Rodríguez Hurtado Pablo – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

  1. Robalo Cabrera Antonio – conditional
  2. Guira Mariam Mila
  3. Mohlin Nils Lars Yngve – conditional

Music Theory, 5.5-year programme

  • Peltomaa Aarni Ilmari – conditional acceptance
  • Runtso Ekaterina

Music Theory, 2.5-year programme

  • Robalo Cabrera Antonio – conditional acceptance

Folk Music and NoFo

Nordic Master in Folk Music (NoFo), 2.5-year programme

  • Koivusalo Laura Sisko

Global Music

Global Music, 2.5-year programme

  • Álfgeirsson Jón Grétar Breiðfjörð
  • Ruiz Londoño Brayan Esteven
  • Skrebinska Liene – conditional acceptance
  • Suresh Darshana
  • Weiser Alma Vida

Waiting list:

  1. Bhatt Vanya
  2. Daouk Hugo – conditional

Jazz and NOMAZZ

Jazz (instrument or voice), 2.5-year programme

No new students

Jazz Composition, 2.5-year programme

No new students

Nordic Master in Jazz (NOMAZZ), 2.5-year programme

No new students

Music Technology

Music Technology, 2.5-year programme

Recording Arts study profile:

  • Loijas Miika Jarno Henrik

Film and Game Music Producer study profile:

  • Pälvimäki Pinja Linnea

Creative Electronic Music Practices study profile:

  • Casaburi Emilio
  • Møller Astrid Helena Frej – conditional acceptance

Change of main subject

Based on the applications and entrance examinations in the spring of 2026, the Dean of the Sibelius Academy has decided to accept the following changes of main subject/instrument:

Arts Management

Arts Management, Society and Creative Entrepreneurship, 2-year programme

  • Lötjönen Antti Juhani
    Former main subject Jazz (instrument or voice)

Folk Music and NoFo

Nordic Master in Folk Music (NoFo), 2.5-year programme

  • Österberg Janeta Victoria Elisabeth – conditional acceptance
    Former main subject Folk Music

Information on conditional acceptance

According to Sibelius Academy’s admissions requirements 2026, all applicants applying for a bachelor’s and master’s degree, or only a master’s degree at Sibelius Academy are required to have an educational background and language skills relevant to the degree programme in question.

A conditionally accepted applicant who fails to produce the required documents before the deadline will lose their conditional study place in the Sibelius Academy.

Background education

If you complete one of the degrees mentioned below only after the application period ends, the decision on your admittance is conditional. In this case, you must submit a copy of your degree certificate to the Sibelius Academy after you graduate, but no later than 9 July 2026 at 15:00 EEST (Finnish time). Sibelius Academy may, at its discretion, also accept a temporary certificate issued by the educational institution if it indicates that the applicant has completed all studies required for the degree and will receive the degree certificate later.

To be eligible to study for a combined Bachelor and Master of Music degree (3 + 2.5 years) or for a Bachelor of Arts degree (3 years) at the Sibelius Academy you need to have completed at least one of the following:

  • The Finnish Matriculation Examination
  • An International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma
  • A European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma at a European School
  • A Reifeprüfung or Deutsche Internationale Abitur diploma
  • A Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, a further vocational qualification, or a specialist vocational qualification defined under the Act on Vocational Education and Training (531/2017)
  • A foreign degree or qualification that makes you eligible for corresponding higher education in the awarding country
  • A Cambridge Advanced International Certificate (AICE)
  • A degree at a Finnish higher education institution or a degree abroad corresponding to at least a bachelor’s degree
  • In addition, a person who has been granted the right to study in a university in Finland is eligible to apply

To be eligible to study for a Master of Music degree (2.5 years) at the Sibelius Academy you need to have completed at least one of the following:

  • A lower university degree in music (Bachelor)
  • A university of applied sciences degree in music
  • A foreign degree or qualification in music that provides eligibility for corresponding higher education studies in the awarding country
  • A lower university degree in another field and, additionally, higher education studies in music

To be eligible to study for a Master of Arts degree (2 years) at the Sibelius Academy you need to have completed at least one of the following:

  • An applicable lower university degree (Bachelor)
  • An applicable university of applied sciences degree
  • An applicable foreign degree that provides eligibility for corresponding higher education studies in the awarding country

Any exceptions to the previous qualifications requirement given above will be detailed in the admissions criteria for each degree programme.

Language skills

Studies at the Sibelius Academy require sufficient proficiency in Finnish, Swedish, or English. To be admitted as a degree student at the University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki), you must be proficient in the language of instruction used in the degree programme you are applying to. You must demonstrate your skills with prior studies or a language test, as specified in the requirements. If the degree programme is offered in multiple languages, you are only required to demonstrate your skills in the language in which you intend to complete your degree.

If you demonstrate your language skills with studies that you complete after the application period, your admittance will be conditional with respect to language skills. In this case, you must submit the required certificate demonstrating your proficiency to the Sibelius Academy as soon as possible, but no later than 9 July 2026 at 15:00 EEST (Finnish time).

>> More information: Demon­strat­ing your lan­guage skills in Eng­lish

>> More information: Demon­strat­ing your lan­guage skills in Finnish or Swedish

Change of main subject: conditionality

If the bachelor’s degree of a current student applying for a change of the right to study at Uniarts Helsinki is unfinished, and the change of the right to study is accepted conditionally, the fixed term for completing the degree in question is on the last day before the new right to study (31 July 2026), contrary to the selection criteria for bachelor’s and master’s education.

How to confirm your study place

You need to accept the study place no later than 9 July 2026 at 15:00 EEST (Finnish time) or you will lose your place (Universities Act 38 § / Polytechnics Act 28 c). If the confirmation arrives late, it will not be considered.

Accepting a study place is a binding choice, and you cannot cancel or change your choice later. When you accept a study place bindingly, all your other study options will automatically be cancelled. You may accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland that begins in the same academic term (1 August – 31 December). For more information, see: One study place per academic term.

If you have a Finnish personal identity code, you can accept the offer of admission using the MyStudyinfo service. If you do not have access to the required methods of identification to use the MyStudyinfo service, contact the Admissions Office by email at siba.admissions@uniarts.fi.

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, the Studyinfo service will send you an email (sender noreply@opintopolku.fi) with a link to a page where you can choose whether you wish to accept the offered place. You will receive this email within 24 hours of the announcement of admissions results.

Rectification procedure

If you are dissatisfied with the admissions decision, you can request for rectification of the Dean’s admission decision from Uniarts Helsinki under the Universities Act (558/2009), section 82.

If you believe that the Sibelius Academy has acted contrary to its admission criteria, you can request for rectification to the student admission decision from the Sibelius Academy in writing within 14 days of the publication of the admission results.

The rectification procedure is not intended as a means for receiving feedback, asking for further information about the admission, or requesting unjustified re-evaluation.

>> More information: How to request for rectification of the admissions decision

Were you left without a study place?

Did you know that you can also complete higher education studies in the field of arts at the Open University of Uniarts Helsinki? Check out what’s on offer: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/study-programmes/open-university-studies/.

Study voucher

The study voucher is a state-funded experiment that makes it possible to study a maximum of 30 credits of studies free of charge at an open university or open university of applied sciences. If you belong to the target group, the state will support your studies. By using a study voucher, you can get to know university studies and try out study options that interest you, for example, during a gap year.

The study voucher is intended for young first-time applicants under the age of 29. You are entitled to a study voucher if you have completed an upper secondary qualification (graduated from an upper secondary school or an upper secondary vocational school) in Finland, applied for a higher education place in the joint application process and were left without a study place, or you have not accepted a study place. The study voucher can be used by those who graduated between 1 December 2025 and 30 June 2028.

The study voucher can be activated in the Opin.fi service starting 4 August 2026. It is valid for two years from the date of activation.

>> More information: Using a study voucher at Uniarts Helsinki